Tarn Taran, Oct. 1 -- The Golden Arrow Division of the Indian Army, under Vajra Corps, commemorated the Diamond Jubilee of India's victory in the 1965 war with Pakistan at Asal Uttar village in Tarn Taran, the battlefield remembered as the "Graveyard of Patton Tanks".

Punjab governor Gulab Chand Kataria, the chief guest, inaugurated an archives-cum-museum and the Hamid Gallery to honour the bravery of soldiers who fought in the war. The event was attended by Lieutenant General Manoj Kumar Katiyar, GOC-in-C Western Command, senior commanders, war veterans, veer naris, civil dignitaries, students and locals.

The ceremony paid homage to the soldiers whose courage in the battles of Asal Uttar and Barki turned the tide of the war. Special tr...